we will show you why they are thinking about making the big change. good morning, everyone. i'm brooke thomas. i'm jim donovan. we're still dealing with lingering rain this morning, rate i lets you know when we will dry out but first here's what you need to necessity to start your day in the morning minute. >> there was just a small fire on the porch, when the 19 year-old victim exited the front door to investigate he was confronted. >> it is all unfolding on the 5600 block of lebanon avenue in overbrook. police say the suspect is men to police. they believe they have his name and last known location. >> we are going to continue to fight for every last vote. >> reporter: cbs news projections bernie sanders won the democratic primary in oregon. hillary clinton tweeted victory in the kentucky primary. >> number one pick in the 2016 nba draftings to the philadelphia 76ers. >> the sixers have hit the

jackpot. >> last three years were really hard but we are moving forward. >> everything looks great, just within thing, it just needs work. i have been working on some right here. >> ♪ >> i'm glad you love it. >> that was chris martin of british rock band cold play giving the late the show theme song. >> katie is outside on the sky deck. katie, are we done with the rain for now. >> not completely. not deathly but it is at least dry here on the sky deck and mostly every where else. i have to throw in anytime i hear that colbert theme song i cannot get it out of my head for a week. it is such a ear worm. but that said you here folks are busy and hard at work here across the street but what we

are dealing business thankfully dry skies here for the most part at the moment but that may change depending where you are. lets talk temperatures though. eventually these temperatures will have have a a chance to rebound. they will be coming from very cool places lately we could not even hit 60 on sunday. we have been stuck in the 60's last few days and likely today we will in the break out of the 60's. average high is 74 degrees. but it will be yet again a far cry from cold. looking at storm scan here's that wet weather. bark is worse than the bite guys. it looks worse then it will be. scattered, spotty, keyword spotty showers here and there for anyone, throughout the course of the morning but we will be seeing just some clouds overhead. as we go hour by hour through the rest of the morning and afternoon we will likely even see a few peaks of sun through those clouds. they will be minimal so temperatures get stuck in the 60's yet again by 3:00 p.m. at 65. that is our eventual high. coming up we will expect to see these temperatures rebound nicely and as they do we will

also see skies brighten up. every day of the next three including today does progressively get nicer and nicer, to the point that we basically culminate it all on friday but it also means eventually we will be tracking some wet weather which i will do for you coming up later in the broadcast, meisha. >> all right, katie just talking to our floor director here and they tell me, speaking of that sound you hear, he hears a wood pecker outside. what is it, i certainly would think it was a wood pecker. blue route, headlights, west chester pike looking good here at the brew route section. i have to say, that we dent like the rain but this is a beautiful shot, isn't it. it is just looking bees full. that is what it looks like peaceful. construction 422 westbound on ramp from route 23, left lane blocked and right lane leading up to that, on 422 is also still block. so, it the looks like crews are tart to go move around trying to move this out of the way. hopefully that will be cleared out of your way sometime very

soon. i-95 south at cottman my favorite little spot to talk about because it gets busy and it gets really busy early. right now 95 south at cottman is looking good. northbound side, northbound side is looking, a lot like the southbound side. we don't typically see that. north bounties lighter. i will say this also what is easing tension, in the past would i say a week or so is they opened up that fourth lane on northbound side of i-95. schuylkill eastbound a at spring garden, moving in center city looking great but a lot of early risers on the schuylkill. we can expect that it will only heat up more and more, brooke, over to you. >> thanks, meisha. imagine this, stralling down the atlantic city boardwalk with a drink in your hand. >> sound like a good idea? it could be reality if a new policy is passed tonight, "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch is live on the boardwalk with the details, good morning, justin. >> reporter: jim and brooke, good morning. that vote is set for this evening at 5:00 p.m. and the thought is that alcohol on the boardwalk could actually help foot traffic out here.

measure still needs a council vote before a test run this summer. lets take to you video here. this plan would allow those 21 or older to walk part of the boardwalk with one alcoholic drink in an opened plastic container. so no double fist continuing here. that drink must be bought from a their by licensed business, that container or cup must bear the name or logo of that business, and a proposed opened container zone is confined between albany and metropolitan avenues. second approval after this test run was then put the alcohol measure into the books. now supporters say that this policy would distinguish atlantic city and encourage tourism but those against argued that extra will alcohol sales in the the wrong hand could encourage bad behavior. now, this idea, of course, comes as ac find itself in financial trouble and has a threat have of casinos opening in north jersey looms. now back out here live, this would not be unlike other tourist spots like new orleans

and key west where open containers are allowed. the bill's sponsor says that local businesses and even the police are on board. again that vote is set for 5:00 o'clock p.m. here in atlantic city. jim and brooke, back to you. >> that is what i think of, when we talk about this story, i think of new orleans and memphis. >> we will see what happens. >> thanks, justin. 5:36. in business news this morning, now, you think about self driving cars are chancey what about self driving tractor trailers. >> i'm scared of both. >> also what caused the markets to fall apart after such a good start to the week? money watch's jill wagner joins us life from the new york stock exchange, jill? >> reporter: good morning, brooke and jim. markets gave up all of monday's gains on word of another interest rate hike, and june interest rate learned today fed released minutes from the last meeting, april's

weaker and expected jobs report had analyst thinking that the fed would rate to raise interest rates again. >> obama administration listed new rules that would make four millworkers eligible for overtime pay, new regulation effects full-time salaried employees, abe make up $47,476 a year, that is more than double the current salary threshold, small business owners have have been critical of the action. if you have a self driving cars it seems scary, how about self driving big rigs, group of ex-google staffers created new company called otto and they want to bring self driving technology to trucks. they say trucks will drive themselves, so that the truck operators can sleep. brooke and jim, back to you. >> i'm never going to drive ever again i'm staying in my house. >> you will not even leave, walking either. >> no, no. >> thanks a lot. >> okay. >> can you imagine seeing a big rig driving down the road with the driver sleeping?

>> no, i can't imagine that. it is terrifying. >> thanks, good morning, jill. this morning's twin brothers, and accused in a series of bombings. investigators say daniel and they set up improvised, and, college last december. the blast, damaged in amish phone shed, a produce shed, and a well pump in chester and lancaster county. they owned most of the buildings. >> it is not often you will see twin brothers arrested for doing something as reckless and stupid as this. >> no one was hurt luckily, the twins are 22 years old and charged with arson and other crimes. well, talk about sticker shock, imagine opening up and seeing an increase have of ten, 15, and some cases, $25,000. well, it could happen to some philadelphia residents hossa bait. have been reduced 36789 years ago city reassessed properties bringing them to full market

value. one home owner we spoke with had her taxes go up, she renovated her house. >> they reduced the amount have of my abatement which i think is wrong f last year the renovations difficult to my house were worth approximately $07,000 they are still worth $70,000 this year. >> because the city just recently bought properties to market rates some are seeing higher property rates but not all residents. friday is the deadline to a peel and you can do that through the office of property assessment. hopping today, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg plans to meet with a group of high profile conservatives, meetings follows a report, aver the tech story claims social network, and, trending topics section. facebook denies accusations. >> milestone in washington, senate the unanimously confirmed first openly gay secretary of the u.s. military brand. it will be the new secretary of the army.

he previously served as defense secretary ash carter's chief of staff. the his confirmation has been held out by kansas republican senator pat roberts who wanted assurances guantanamo bay prisoners would not be shift todd his home state. well, coming up a new round of lawsuits for penn state's fat ball, but this doesn't to have do with the the jerry sandusky scandal, the reason several former players want to take the school to court. plus sam bradford plays the blame game, we will show you who he says is responsible for his failed trade demand. also ative rent kind of business war, why workers are battling it out with post it notes and the impressive work that is turning heads. >> ♪ big news for country music fans, and we will find out

which shore beach they will rock and, when you can get your hand on tickets. we will come right back. >> all right, always.

huge delays are expect this morning after this massive fire, yesterday.

and, elevated train tracks. services resumed an hour ago, and after workers spent all night checking structure and making emergency repairs. thousands of commuters are stranded in grand central station and one fire fighters suffered minor injuries battling the fire. there is a new wave of concussion lawsuit, former penn state football players air monk those taking legal action against the school. they are part of the six lawsuit filed in federal court is a cross the country, the ex-college players say the schools, athletic conference and ncaa knowingly hid the dangers and risks of playing foot wall, and to not do enough to protect students. penn state and big ten are named as defendants in one of the the lawsuits. >> these are not, a former nfl athletes hoff been paid handsomely for their skills, these are still kids in my view who are just trying to get through life and we're just trying to promote education. >> allowed to proceed as a class action suit, it it would include decades of penn state football players from 1952

through 2010. now 2010, is when ncaa requires schools to implement concussion related safety measures. sixers fans are wondering who the team will pick, after winning the nba draft lottery last night. but, there is another young player who is already starting to make a name for himself in the town, here's sports director don bell with your morning sports. >> bates ball in south philadelphia, phillies hosting marlins, game number two of their three game series. picking it up in the bottom of the second there is in score. how about tommy joseph called up over the weekend, first big league home run, gone. welcome to the showcase. sixth inning we will go, joseph, again, ropes one to the outfield. center fielder azuna miss plates, caesar hernandez scores phillies go up two to nothing. how about vince velasquez he has been great this year on the bump. he went five innings, giving up three hits, no runs, ten strike outs. phillies escaped a jam in the

ninth inning and win it three-one your final score. sammy b is speaking in south philadelphia. sam bradford answered questions today for the first time and he will offer guidance to carson wentz. he was frustrated by the eagles second pick and then finally, the quarterback says it was his agent's idea to demand a trade. >> tom co then has been my agent, for my entire career. he felt like that was the best option, and, for me, and, you know, given that i trust him and know that he has my best interest at heart, i'm always going to follow his advice. >> and that is it for sports, i'm don bell, have a great day. and i saw that play out on twitter, don tweeting, details, a tweets about what is happening and a lot of people are mad that he placed the blame on his agent. you know, i have been team sam

bradford. >> yes. >> you know, i feel like, you know, he can unfortunate thely do no good at the this point if you are against him you you are against him but i kind of have to say i'm with sam, like this, and, jimmies just. >> i'm with katie on this one. >> yes. >> yes, i feel it. >> we all agree. >> we were very upset. >> i'm not upset. >> i'm not upset that the weather is getting better. it will only get better, three days, where it is progressively getting nicer and nicer and nicer and friday where it culminating, and i love this shot too. one of my personal favorites too. we have sun currently coming up but we will not see too much of it here, today, my friend because we are still tracking a system trying to make a full retreat but as a result of that, we are still stuck in cloud and we will find a spotty shower here and there but outside we go to bethlehem, it is a gray start

to the day, but hey, it is still dry, generally speaking, that said there is wet weather which we will discuss but we will check in with our eyewitness and, nice lots of observations, and thermometer readings. we will get to the outskirts here, 48 into saylorsburg pa from keith. she has what we will call mostly cloudy but still a hint of sunshine out there, and he did say he can see that sun popping up over the horizon to the northeast and it is warming up for him, this morning. let's go to the next one and far western suburbs in chester county just a lot have gray skies in nottingham at 48 degrees. one more at 48 degrees. and gray skies, at this hour. >> decent humidity to work with too since we had moisture out there and storm scan shows the final last gasp of this system trying to make this full retreat. this looks a lot worse then it

is, guys. as this pushes in, everything that fires up will be spot any terms of the any showers, we are expecting a spotty shower here and there throughout the morning especially otherwise just clouds, this is all starting to fizzle through as it moves our way. up next we will talk about what will happen here down the road. jet stream will have a chance to roll role to the north and as it doughs does so we will draw that warmth in and get balks to typical territory on the thermometer readings and seven day. next few days get better and better. tomorrow isn't bad at all, marked improvement from one day to the next but friday is my personal favorite, enjoy that we have a storm system that moves in this weekend bringing period of rain, and,. >> i can't wait for friday. >> awesome. >> it is in the 20's, i cannot wait, but friday is what it is. >> it is, just not friday. >> all right. >> good morning, everybody. all right. still very early out and, and

finally moved out of the our way. and, right now we are looking at the a typical taillights, moving in the eastbound direction looking good and nice. when we are coming in, and we are seeing some rain drops on your windshield: >> we have looking nice and dry, we have construction, 422 westbound on ramps from route 23 that left lane is still block, right lane leading up to that was blocked as well. that has now been since cleared. the it is on ramp from route 23, on to 422, that left lane is still blocked in that area. delaware county i-95 north at 452, looking good, nice, quiet, moving in the northbound direction, take us up to the airport, make sure to check your schedules on line for any flights, traveling by air, today, blue route southbound mid county, we are looking at here, moving in the southbound direction we are looking really good. everyone still traveling around at 55 miles an hour which is exactly where i want to keep you, brooke, back over to you. i got to tell but a big

concert, down the shore this summer. well, wildwood officials announced tim mcgraw will perform on the beach in the fourth of july, he will wrap up the four day long music and food festival on the wildwood boardwalk. mcgraw's concert will be held on the beach between mariners landing and adventure pier. resale tickets go on sale at noon today, everything else can buy them starting friday. minnesota couple is taking their love of cost co to a whole new level. you have to see to it believe it. they love costco so much, they decided, to take their engagement pictures, at the store, because, you know, nothing, says romance, like holding a a huge packet of raw meat, or a 4-dollar chicken. after the couple posted on line they became a huge hit and that is why i go to cost co. too bad they cannot register for wedding gifts at cost co. >> i wand fur they met there, people pick each other up for super markets i heard odd pick

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kind of like this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever. well, they are battling it

out with post it note window displays. someone put a high on one office building and on cross the street someone responded and that led to windows and windows full of post it note artwork. >> we will will see somebody do something and we can do better, a lot of creative in both places, and one up each other it is back and forth like that. >> some companies have been taking suggestions as to what to put on their windows next. >> very creative. >> before you head out the door here's what you need to know it is three to go. >> atlantic city could be first shore town to allow open containers of alcohol on the boardwalk. city council is expected to vote on a proposal tonight. >> the obama administration will unveil new rules giving more than 4 million salary workers access to overtime pay. >> tonight is annual ride of silence in philadelphia, honoring cyclist hoff been killed or hurt in crashes with cars. the ride starts at art museum at 6:45 tonight and that is three to go. >> coming up in the next half an hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news", sixers ceo scott

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happening now, philadelphia police are searching for the gunman who shot a man several times through his front door, and get this, police say he committed another crime, to lure his victim outside. the battle intensifies between bernie sanders and hillary clinton after a split decision, in yesterday's primary. find out where things stand in the delegate count. >> number one pick in the 2016 nba draftings to the fill 576ers. >> what a night for sixers fans, team hit jackpot at nba draft lottery getting the number one pick and now everyone wants to know who could end up on the team. today is wednesday, may 18th it is hump day good morning i'm jim donovan. >> i'm's brooke thomas. if you heard jingle will go,

yes. >> katie and meisha are here, yes. >> yes. keep it real. >> yes. >> just keeping it real. >> good morning everyone. road are lag good, construction, we are just dealing with a blanch blocking the road. we will have updates in a bit. >> not terribly wet, showers here and there very spot the eye in nature, nothing more today. you can see that right now, things are dicey back to the far northwestern corner of our area, just light showers falling through lehigh, portions of northampton and upper bucks. we might than seeing couple rain drops. this is what is left at this point as system retreats, lingering moisture out there but right now we will find temperatures close to where they were this same time yesterday. fifty-three at philly international. fifty in atlantic city. modest wind. 45 degrees the temperature at mount pocono and eventually, not much moderation here, a a shower here and there, this morning,